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Yesterday morning I heard something that made me think a lot while entering the Olimpico Stadium. A boy said to a friend: “I wanna be like Castro too… Good job Castro, he broke a rib and he is already playing on the field! Bring it on, great Castro!”
The obvious thing, that is never too obvious, is the message not taken for granted and not well get through by media.

Martin Castrogiovanni is a hero, the Man of the Match of a game – Italy vs. Scotland – that Italy must win. He is back on the field in less than a month after breaking a rib.
Castro is really a top class player, like that guy said at the stadium. He is a hero as everyone uses to not spare himself, like everyone enters the field and gives all he can give in the name of the jersey he wears, the passion for this sport and the fans.

But I feel duty bound to add a footnote to all this obviousness. Because if it is true that Castro is a number one also due to his devotion to the jersey and rugby, it is also true that there is always a Robin behind a Batman.

Castro has not been alone during his struggle against time and the injury. He has a group of physiotherapists, strength and conditioning coaches, doctors and massotherapists beside him, who has allowed his meteoric comeback.
Here is it really obvious to remember the names and roles of the guys who work behind the scenes? I think no, because the hazard lies behind this I wanna be like Castro too. Like feeling the pain and resist, in order to emulate your own idol and be like him.

The behaviors and examples like the one that Castro lends me in this remark are surely to be commended, but with the obvious annotations on the footnotes, as the essential term note on the agreements.
My coach always said: in doubt, rest. Especially if you don’t have a Robin who protects you and helps you to keep alive your hero status. And sometimes to save your ass.